Some of the long-time members here may remember the hexasphericons I made a while back. They are single surface solids with a continuous flat side winding around them, and look like this:
They're made by joining to pieces into a blank with pin between them. The blank is machined into a cylinder with conical ends. The length of the cylindrical center section is the same as the slant height of the cones, and the cones are sloped at 60 degrees. After the blank is finished, the two halves are rotated 60 degrees to get the final configuration.
Well, I finally got a video camera function with my early Christmas present Cannon camera, and I wanted to post a video of the hexasphericon rolling down an slight incline. (Click on the picture below)
They're made by joining to pieces into a blank with pin between them. The blank is machined into a cylinder with conical ends. The length of the cylindrical center section is the same as the slant height of the cones, and the cones are sloped at 60 degrees. After the blank is finished, the two halves are rotated 60 degrees to get the final configuration.
Well, I finally got a video camera function with my early Christmas present Cannon camera, and I wanted to post a video of the hexasphericon rolling down an slight incline. (Click on the picture below)
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